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The collection at the Ethnological Museum, Montjuic, Barcelona On entering the basement of the museum, it’s like a store room with glass covered shelves upon high shelves of every sort of artefact collected from around the world, including some extremely finely carved bone, wood, rose quartz and tons of ceramics. These little painted wooden panels [...]
I was thinking about you, while painting in my new art studio, in Barcelona - so I switched the camera on for you. Now you can listen to some painting tips and hear my thoughts, as I let you accompany me during my creative process. I work fast with small brushes, gradually mixing and applying [...]
Exploring Barcelona (part 2) Part 1 is about the monuments, art and culture. This is a three month review of our experiences living in Barcelona, taking phone snaps as we observe everything with fresh eyes. I'm a towny at heart I’m from London. I had to train myself into feeling comfortable in the [...]
Exploring Barcelona (part 1) Honza (my husband) and I have been casually taking photos on our phones, as we go out and about exploring Barcelona during the various COVID preventative measures. Part 2, is about my everyday observations. Monuments, art and street art Barcelona - a city for the locals The streets that [...]
My own body This uterus art was made in order to help me address the biology of my own body. To be in touch with my womb - what it can do, how to listen to its desires and why it causes so much pain. I hope this womb art helps you or someone you [...]
I do like to capture a good likeness. The one above is a self-portrait. Why commission a portrait? It's all about creating immortality – an oil painting will last longer than you (when kept well)! It'll also come in handy for pimping up your online presence – for your social media icons, the avatar [...]
I curated this art on my living room wall during lockdown! Roses represent love, romance, purity and to me, their thorns represent the hardship of life that no one escapes. So, here you can see a selection of my art that all has roses on: Title: Smell the Roses III The title is short for [...]
This art film is the third part of a multi-media triptych, which includes a painting, a cyanotype art object and this film. For more details about this project, please read the blog post, Something about the life model - a triptych. She is more than just a close friend, more than just the model in [...]
Something about the life model - a triptych These three pieces are not about the artist, they are about my emergency life model - she would come over at a drop of hat to let me do things like mold metal mesh around her legs or wrap her entire body in cling film. However, I [...]
This is a comprehensive list of movies about artists Most websites will give you the top 10 films but here you can see 78! Click the links to read the reviews and learn about the lives of each artist. A list of feature films about artists' lives This list is in alphabetical order by the [...]
This is a comprehensive list of feature films about art, artists and or art scenes Click the links to read the reviews and learn about the lives of artists. These films are in date order. Bauhaus 100 (2019) - watch on Youtube Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) About a female painter Mi obra [...]
I have selected 59 documentaries, with links, so you can look them up. It's the kind of list to introduce you to new artists and to inspire you to find further material about them. You may notice that I have thrown a load of female artists in amongst those genius’ that are usually the same [...]
